JANINA AZA KARPINSKY is “an Artist and Poet, and an Artist-Poet, often combining the two; an M.A. in Creative Writing & Personal Development at Sussex University brought in a 3rd essential strand of interest: the therapeutic element. I have work published in several anthologies including ‘Poetry in the Waiting Room’; LAPIDUS Magazine (Literary Arts in Personal Development) and in several volumes that came of writing sessions at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, based on the artefacts there; 1st prize in the Cannon Open Poetry Competition and highly commended in The Rottingdean Writers International Poetry Competition. I have also illustrated my own work in The 3rd Way and provided artwork for an anthology of work relating to mental health; ‘Warning! May Contain Nuts’. Performer; monologue writer; playwright & former community radio broadcaster. On the prowl for something new…”